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Historical Event on 4/2/1987

Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/13/2000Vikram Sood is appointed new RAW Chief.
6/10/1888Balraj Bhalla, revolutionary, was born.
4/22/1991IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India.
3/29/1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
11/14/1996Competition Post Card', a new category of postcard, priced Rs. 2 introduced.
12/17/1998P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
2/21/1991The President accepts the resignation of 5 cabinet members who were disqualified by the Speaker as per the anti-defection law.
4/7/1997NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi.
3/18/1997Indo-Bangladesh friendship treaty, signed 25 years ago, expires.